Damn, that is epic.
I went for a wander on another island, took out the boat and set off into the wide blue yonder. Got a nice ore load, was exploring down a mine, already whacked two Creepers...found some gold, so was planning to blockade the skeleton archers I saw, forge a nice iron axe and dig the gold out...jumped up to start blockading...
Fsssssssssssssssssh....
BOOM!! 
Also, another reason to love Minecraft, you just never know what you're going to stumble on next...and it's not always a Creeper:
